Smiling Sunflower Colouring Page

This sunflower has a face. Two round eyes and a small curved smile sit right in the centre circle, surrounded by a ring of about fourteen wide, rounded petals. Below the flower head, a single thick stem runs straight down to the bottom of the page, with one pointed leaf branching off to the left and another to the right, each with a simple centre vein.

Nothing on this page is fiddly. The petals are broad ovals with plenty of room for a crayon to move freely, the stem is one long straight strip, and the two leaves are large enough that a three-year-old can stay inside the lines without much trouble. The face is the one part that asks for a steadier hand, since the eyes and smile are small, but a child can just as easily leave them black and focus their effort on the petals instead. It is an easy page to talk through while colouring: how many petals can you count, should the middle be brown or green, is the sunflower happy today.

Because every shape is separate and closed, there is no pressure to keep colours matching or symmetrical, which suits a child who wants to grab whatever crayon is nearest and get going. It sits at the easy end of the Flowers & Garden pages, a good one to hand to a beginner or to use as a quick, low-stress activity between busier sheets.